Snowflake Challenge #8

[majorr]

Challenge #8

In your own space, create a wishlist.

This is fun! And I guess I have a few things I'd like if anyone has anything to pass on.

1) Cute animal pics so I can switch up my lockscreen. I'm particularly fond of hippos, manatee, and elephants.

2) Fic recs for Numb3rs! I'm interested in gen. I love Alan & Don & Charlie and the friendships on the show. Don is my favorite so anything Don focused would be great. Casefic, hurt/comfort, angst, humor, family feels. Longfic would be awesome. I'm in the middle of reading a fic right now and got great recs for comms that I'm going to dig through when I finish. If there are any specific fics I should bookmark before I start digging through those, I'd love the recs!

3) Horror movie recs. Have you seen anything good lately? Bonus if it's available on Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime, but I'd look into anything that sounded fun.

Comments

[sjh2009]

I used to be really into horror movies but over the years I seem to have transferred over to sci-fi and fantasy so, unfortunately, haven't got anything I could rec. I never did get into Numb3rs either, maybe I should take a look at the fiction. I've got hooked into fandoms without every seeing the shows before now, lol.

Cute animals are wonderful for making you smile aren't they! I will have a look for some, I did see a really cute elephant picture earlier today, I just need to remember where I saw it. I may be back ...

Thank you for sharing your wishlist, I hope your wishes are granted :)

[majorr]

I think I only got into fic (or maybe vids?) for a fandom once before without knowing the canon itself, but then I went and consumed the whole canon and caught up so I don't think it counts. lol I'd love to see the elephant if you happen to come across him again! But I think your icon counts as sharing a pic of cute animals. hahaha

[sjh2009]

I adored this little cutie :)

[majorr]

Aww, I love him! :D That guy is going to be my wallpaper for a while.

[yarnofariadne]

I really enjoyed Under the Shadow and Game Over (2019), both on Netflix!

[majorr]

Ooh, I haven't seen either one of those! I'm going to check those out. Game Over, in particular, looks freaky. Thanks for the recs!

[tsuki_no_bara]

us was CREE-PEE. i think it's available on prime.

[majorr]

I loved Us! That's definitely my style. I didn't know it was on Prime, though. Might be time for a rewatch.

[skinwalker]

i really liked midsommar (it's on prime)!

[majorr]

Midsommar FREAKED me out. Great movie. So effectively freaky that I may never watch it again. hahaha

[littlelostcat]

Here fore ht cute animals and Numb3rs ... I haven't really checked out the AO3/fic recs. I'll have to do some investigating, LOL.

And horror ... I'm not all that into horror but you saw Haunting of Hill House, right?? It's TV/netflix but SO gripping and definitely up there in the scare factor.

[majorr]

I loved Hill House! I haven't watched Bly Manor yet, though. I hope it will be as good as season one, but it seems like an unfair bar to set because Hill House was so great.

[littlelostcat]

Hill house was INCREDIBLE.

I will say, I did not enjoy Bly Manor as much. I think because it wasn't as "scary" as Hill House, but I didn't realize that until too far in so I spent the entire series waiting for the scary factor.

[majorr]

Oh no. haha The horror element would have been the biggest draw for me, but who knows? Maybe I'll watch it and fall in love with the characters or something. I'll give it a try eventually.

Try this ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>1) Cute animal pics so I can switch up my lockscreen. I'm particularly fond of hippos, manatee, and elephants.<<

Elephants

Hippos

Manatees

Baby Animals

Humon Comics illustrates the sex lives of animals in adorable cartoons. I use this as inspiration for alien and fantasy species.

>>3) Horror movie recs. Have you seen anything good lately? Bonus if it's available on Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime, but I'd look into anything that sounded fun.<<

Blood of Zeus has extreme gore and violence with sort of demonic-zombie villains ... interspersed with exquisitely beautiful artwork and a whole henhouse of eastereggs from Greek culture and mythology. And of course, being Greek, family dysfunctions of literally epic scope.

Re: Try this ...

[majorr]

I loved those pics! So cute. I saved a whole bunch. The hippos were my favorite. They're so adorable. And Blood of Zeus looks awesome! I hadn't heard of that before. I'm definitely going to check that one out. Thanks so much for the rec!

Re: Try this ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

*bow, flourish* Happy to be of service.

Re: Try this ...

[majorr]

:D :D

[kingstoken]

I don't have any horror movie recs, but do you like true crime? I just watched Wild Wild Country, which is wild to say the least, in the beginning of the six part series you are kind of like "these are just some misguided hippies", but as the series goes on they start doing worse and worse stuff, and nobody seems to feel bad about it (no deaths in this one, but there is some attempted murder). I also watched American Murder: The Family Next Door this film is unique in that it doesn't follow the typical documentary format, there are no interviews, the story is completely pieced together from social media posts, text messages, police body cams, and police interviews tapes. It is a very sad story, but the way they complied it makes it fascinating, very much like you are getting a peek into these people's lives.

[majorr]

I used to watch a lot of it. I've heard good things about American Murder from people who watched it. That structure sounds really interesting since I'm definitely more used to the interview type format. I'll bookmark Wild Wild Country. I hadn't heard of that one before, and cult stuff is always horrifying and fascinating. Thanks for the recs!

[kate]

Seconding the Haunting of Hill House - I watched that one in a daze and it still haunts me, over a year later.

Also, if you watch foreign horror films, Train to Busan was pretty great. I don't remember where I watched it, but I only have Netflix and Prime, so likely you can find it on one of those.

[majorr]

I watched Hill House when it came out and thought it was fantastic. I haven't seen Bly Manor yet but intend to. I've had multiple people tell me to watch Train to Busan. I love zombie fiction. I think part of me keeps putting it off because I'm expecting it to be really good and I want to save it. But I've been saving it for years now and should probably just watch it. lol

[spikedluv]

I'm not going to be able to help you out with 1 or 3, but hopefully you'll find some N3 fic at the comms!

[majorr]

I'm going to search through those gold mines as soon as I finish the fun fic I found at FF. I haven't read anything there in so long. Numb3rs has taken me back in time. lol

[bunnyboo]

...How do feel about hairless guinea pigs that look like lil hippos?

[majorr]

Mostly confused. lol I don't think I've ever seen one.

[bunnyboo]

What sights to show you...

https://wwwcache.wral.com/asset/lifestyles/pets/2020/05/17/19101692/AdobeStock_60457893-e1589547003992-DMID1-5muxxdoa3-500x333.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/09/0f/16/090f16ff5a3f780eeef53ec2fe18c0f7.jpg

And then there's an Instagram page~

https://instagram.com/skinnyguineapiggy?igshid=1mwozw7rcp3sl

[majorr]

HAHAHAHA I am deeeead. How have I never seen these dudes before?? That second picture sent me. I'm not back yet.

Thank you. You're a hero for sending me that. Just. Lol

[bunnyboo]

No problem! I love guinea pigs of all kinds, but skinny pigs are just so funky and adorable. Apparently their owners will often knit them little sweaters.

[majorr]

I... need to see one of them in a sweater now. I'll be looking through that Insta for that. haha

[reeby10]

I have some horror movie recs! :D

- As Above, So Below (Netflix)
- The Ritual (Netflix)
- Gothika (Netflix)
- Winchester (Netflix)
- The Shallows (Hulu)
- The Crazies (Amazon)
- Ready or Not (Hulu and Amazon)
- Doctor Sleep (Hulu and Amazon)
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Hulu and Amazon)

And some that I couldn't find streaming free anywhere:
- The Ruins
- 47 Meters Down
- 47 Meters Down: Uncaged

(Sorry if the Hulu or Amazon ones aren't actually on there, I don't have those accounts so I was relying on google.)

[majorr]

You have excellent taste! I loved every movie on that list except for Gothika, which I watched too long ago and don't remember. And I haven't seen Doctor Sleep or Winchester. I put off Doctor Sleep because I thought I might read the book first, but I haven't gotten around to that yet. I liked everything else that you recommended, so Winchester is a very encouraging rec!

Thanks so much! I'll bump it up the watchlist.

[reeby10]

Ahaha well I'm glad I could bump up the list if not add anything new XD

I haven't read the book (or any Stephen King books tbh, though I've seen a lot of the adaptations), but I loved Doctor Sleep! It was probably my favorite horror watch of last year except maybe Midsommar. Winchester I don't think is very scary, but it's got a great atmosphere and I enjoyed it a lot, so I hope you like it too! I just watched Gothika for the first time last year and thought it was pretty good, so I'd say it's worth a rewatch if you can.

[majorr]

:D Hey, it was a great list! lol That's the impression of Winchester that I got from the preview, but sometimes movies with creepy atmospheres are still a lot of fun to watch even if they aren't outright scary. I'll keep that in mind about Doctor Sleep. Midsommar royally freaked me out, so being up there with that is a high recommendation.